Jewish intermarriage

Conservative Judaism’s new line on intermarriage is a great start. What comes next is key - opinion

Belonging is not declared. It is rebuilt and demonstrated, slowly, through consistency, humility, and courage. If the movement is willing to do that work, genuine repair is possible.

  Conservative Judaism has been trying to chart a middle path between Jewish tradition and acceptance of the reality of interfaith families.
Irving Berlin and his wife Ellin Mackay appear in a photograph in the late 1920s. The 1926 marriage between the wildly popular Jewish songwriter and a Catholic heiress was a media sensation.

Irving Berlin’s 1926 interfaith marriage sparked a Jewish debate that still hasn’t gone - opinion

A chuppah for a Jewish wedding

Judaism’s Conservative movement apologizes for decades of discouraging intermarriage

How do you define a 'half-Jew?' A torn yellow Star of David, worn by Jews during the Holocaust in Nazi Germany.

How Nazi categories of ‘half-Jews’ and ‘quarter-Jews’ still decide who is a Jew - study


Momentum brings Jewish women to Israel on empowerment mission

Many of the women had felt disconnected from their Jewish identities after marrying non-Jews and felt the program was an empowering return.

 100 women on Momentum mission of empowerment, 2023

'The Goldin Calf': A Jewish novel with a message - review

The basic theme is “If you’re Jewish, follow your parents’ advice – Don’t marry a non-Jew because look what can happen if you do!”

‘WHILE THE Golden Calf surprised Moses, Herzl was ready to confront it.’

The ‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’ movie is a dated view of intermarriage

Stereotypes of interfaith marriages are out of date and harmful to the children of these marriages.

 THE GROOM breaks a glass, the traditional conclusion of a Jewish wedding ceremony. We have witnessed a narrowing of ethnic gaps and greater intermingling of Ashkenazim and Mizrahim, perhaps most significantly in ethnic intermarriage, says the writer.

Meet the real-life rabbi in the synagogue scene of 'Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret'

Rabbi Michael Wolk was initially brought on as a consultant for the synagogue scene in the film adaptation of Judy Blume’s classic coming-of-age novel, which debuted in theaters Friday.

 FROM LEFT, Kathy Bates, Judy Blume, Kelly Fremon Craig, Abby Ryder Fortson and Rachel McAdams.

Should Israel accept immigrants who aren't Jewish according to Halacha? - opinion

Assimilation is not a process in which one group marries another, rather it is a process in which a group or part of it loses its identity and is absorbed into another group.

 Thousands of Israel Defense Forces reservists and their supporters rallied in front of the Israel Defense Forces headquarters in Tel Aviv to reaffirm their Oath of Allegiance to the IDF and the State of Israel on April 3, 2023.

How Judy Blume's 'Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret' broke taboos around interfaith marriage

Through the 1960s, middle-grade and young adult fiction rarely acknowledged the existence of these families, reflecting and reinforcing their outsider status.

An illustrative photo of a Jewish wedding in front of the Mediterranean Sea.

Complaints on Zelensky's intermarriage empower Russia and neo-Nazis - opinion

Minimizing Zelensky’s Jewish heritage also makes it easier for the Kremlin to reinforce its false narrative that Nazis are running Ukraine.

 UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT Volodymyr Zelensky takes part in a commemoration ceremony for the victims of the massacre of Jews at Babyn Yar during the Holocaust, in January.

All citizens of Israel should be allowed to marry - opinion

Non-Jews who come to Israel, pay taxes and serve in the IDF shouldn’t have to get married in Cyprus if they don’t want to convert to Judaism.

 Wedding (Illustrative).

Which country has the highest rate of Jewish intermarriage in the world?

By eliminating the Orthodox community in Europe, between 35 to 50 percent of European Jews have a non-Jewish spouse.

 THE GROOM breaks a glass, the traditional conclusion of a Jewish wedding ceremony. We have witnessed a narrowing of ethnic gaps and greater intermingling of Ashkenazim and Mizrahim, perhaps most significantly in ethnic intermarriage, says the writer.

Half of small Jewish communities will disappear within 50 years - Eur. Jewish leader

President of the European Jewish Congress Dr. Ariel Musicant said that intermarriage is the main threat to the Jewish diaspora.

 Dr. Ariel Musicant speaking at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem on Monday.